Wire-fence implement



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I." N.- PEUK.

- WIRE FENCE IMPLEMENT.

7 No. 592,165. Patented Oct. 19, 1897.

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EW YORK, AssIcNonoF ONE-HALF TO WILLIAM S. BORDEN, OF ATLANTA, NEIVYORK.

-Wl-RE-FENCE IMPLEMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 592,165, dated. October19, 1897.

Application filed April 19,1897- Serial No. 632,857. (ITO model.) I

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ISAAC NEWTON PEcK, residing at Cohocton, in thecounty of Steuben and State of New York, have invented a new andImproved Implement for Constructing Wire Fences, of which the followingis a specification.

My invention primarily has for its object to building wire fencesadapted to be used in connection with a peculiar arrangement of the mainand the tie wires.

My invention has also for its object to provide a peculiar and effectivemeans for joining the main tie-wires, whereby a very durable, strong,and economical construction of wire fence is obtained.

With other objects in view, which will hereinafter appear, my inventionconsists of a peculiar combination and novel arrangement of parts, suchas will be first described, and then be specifically pointed out in theappended claim, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, inwhich Figure 1 is aview of a portion. of a wire fence constructed inaccordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a view illustrating themannor ofsecuring the main wires to the fenceposts. Fig. 3 shows a panel of afence after the tie-wires have been secured but before the main wireshave been stretched. Fig. 4 is a detailperspective view of the windingdevices for wrapping the tie-wires about the 'main wires. Fig. 5 is aperspective view of the stretching device, hereinafter specificallyreferred to. Fig. 6 illustrates the relation of the main and tie wiresbefore the said tiewires are stretched, and Fig. 7 illustrates the Irelation of the tie and main Wires after such main wires have beenstretched to their posi-' tion.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which like numerals indicatelike parts in all the figures, 1 indicates the posts; 2, the main orhorizontal wires, which are secured to the posts by suitable staples inany ordi nary manner. 7

8 indicates the tie-wires, the manner in which they are connected to themain wires being hereinafter fully explained.

To build a wire fence in accordance with my invention, I employ apeculiarly-arranged winding-deviceand' a stretching mechanism, theconstruction of which is clearly shown in Figs. atand 5, such devices,it should be stated, being especially constructed and adapted forconstructing the fence shown in complete form in Fig. 1. 5

In the practical construction of the fence the horizontal or main wiresare first secured to the post and drawn taut, so as to tie in parallelhorizontal planes. The tie-wires are then secured to the main wires, andare soconnected therewith that the main wires will be drawn closertogether, in the manner shown in Fig. 3. In the application of the saidtiewires one end is first wrapped about the lower strand of the mainwires, its free end passing through a diagonally-arranged aperture 6 inthe block member 7 of the spool. The spool has end members 8 and asuitable handhold 9, the end members of the spool having suitableguide-slots 10, whereby the spool can be fitted onto the main wire andheld to turn thereon without danger of such spool becoming easilydetached therefrom.

One of the end members of the spool has at a point adjacent to themain-wire receiving notch a hook member 11, which, as will be readilyseen by reference to Fig. 4, is also disposed adjacent to the receivingend of the diagonal aperture, the object of such hook member being toproject between the coils of the tie-wire and therebyprevent the samefrom winding too closely about the main Wire.

So far as described, it will be readily seen that after connecting thetie-wir e to the lower strand of the main wires the spool or windingdevices can be quickly disconnected from the said lower strand and movedup to engage the next strand above it, and by turning it about suchstrand the required number of times the tie-wire will be wound about thesame in a manner most clearly shown in Fig. 6, such operation beingrepeated for every horizontal strand, it being understood,'however, thatthe tie-wires are so wound aboutthe main wire as to cause them to becomedrawn together, as shown in Fig. 3.

After the tie-wires are secured to the main wires in the manner shown inthe aforesaid Fig. 3, I employ a stretching-jack 14, the construction ofwhich is illustrated in Fig. 5, and consists of a vertical bar 15,having claws 16 at the lower end projected in such a manner as to form arest portion to engage the lower horizontal strand. The upper end of thebar A has a series of apertures ll, any one of which is adapted to holdthe pivot-pin 16', which forms the fuleru in for a bifurcated lever 17,preferably formed of a single piece of wire bent upon itself, the outerends of which project beyond the bar 15 and have in their upper edgesseats 17, adapted to engage the un' der face of the horizontal strand,as clearly shown. After the tie-wires are connected as shown in Fig. 3,the lover of the jack isproperly attached and such jack is set to engagethe lowermost main strand, while the lever engages the under side of theupper strands strands will be drawn upon in such a manner as to crook orbend at the points where they jointhc crosswires,as clearly shown a r 2in Fig. 7, and be thereby brought back substantially in a horizontalposition, and equally spaced apart, as shown in Fig. 1, such bentportion 2 also serving to form a lock to pre-' vent the coiled portions3 of the tie wires from sliding on the main wire. s s

lly constructing a fence in the manner described the same can be quicklydrawn taut,

in case the strands become slack, by the use of the jack, whichas itdraws the upper and lower main strands apart causes greater bending ofsuch main wires and thereby brings them and the tie-wires into atightly-locked engagement. Furthermore, by arranging the wires as shownand using a jack of the kind stated all of the ties will be of the samelength, and the kink or bend at proper intervals,

thereby producing an elastiefencin g having the strands held frommovement on each Other.

3y providing a winding-spool constructed in the manner shown thetie-wires can be quickly coiled about the main wires and the coils heldproperly spaced apart.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings,

it is thought the advantages and complete 0011- struction of myinvention will be readily understoed. I

lower end. of the diagonal aperture a project in g member, all beingarranged substantially as shown andfor the purposesdescribed. ISAACNElV'lTON PEGK. lVitncsses:

Jenn Liixnnn, J. Jaeuns.

